Graduate
education in surgery requires a commitment
to continuity of patient care.
This continuity of care must take
precedence - without regard to the
time of day, day of the week, number
of hours already worked, or on-call
schedules. At the same time,
patients have a right to expect a
healthy, alert, responsible, and responsible
physician dedicated to delivering
effective and appropriate care.
The program director
must establish an environment that
is optimal both for resident education
and for patient care, while ensuring
that undue stress and fatigue among
residents are avoided.
It is his or her responsibility to
ensure assignment of appropriate in-hospital
duty hours so those residents are
not required to perform excessively
difficult or prolonged duties regularly.
It is desirable that residents' work
schedules be designed so that on average,
excluding exceptional patient care
needs, residents have at least 1 day
out of 7 free of routine responsibilities
and be on call in the hospital no
more often than every third night.
During these on-call hours, residents
should be provided with adequate sleeping,
lounge, and food facilities.
There must be adequate backup so that
patient care is not jeopardized during
or following assigned periods of duty.
Support services must be such that
residents do not spend an inordinate
amount of time in non-educational
activities that can be discharged
properly by other personnel."
Meal
Allowance: This is allotted on
a monthly basis, based on the number
of nights on call. Each
resident is given a "credit card"
to which the meal allowance of $ 10
/day on call weekdays and $15/day
on weekends is credited on a monthly
basis.
Insurance:
Health, hospital, dental insurance
and prescription plan for the resident,
spouse and dependent children are
provided by MMC. Life insurance,
in an amount equal to the annual salary
paid, disability insurance, and professional
liability insurance are also included
in the benefits package.
Book
Allowance: Each categorical resident
at PGY2 and above is provided with
a $300 book allowance on a yearly
basis.
Lab Coats:
Two white lab coats per year are
issued to each resident.
Other: Each categorical resident at PGY3 is provided with
a digital camera and surgical loops.
Counseling and
psychological support services are
available.
Salaries
(as of 6/2008):
PGY1- $44,774
PGY2- $47,629
PGY3- $50,327
PGY4- $53,055
PGY5- $54,432
